Few technologies have divided the Middle East like Twitter: Young people love it; their governments not as much.

The San Francisco-based microblogging service played a significant role in facilitating the uprisings that shook the region two years ago and brought down the leaders of Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Libya.

As Twitter now plans a public offering in the U.S., the mideast region — with both its potential and pitfalls–increasingly figures into the company’s future, according to Shailesh Rao, the company’s head of Asia Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East and emerging markets. Read More »